Process and apparatus for distilling liquids



Nov. 25, 1930. J. DEL'ATTRESEGUY 7 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DIST ILLING LIQUID S Filed June 28, 1926 Patented Nov. 25, 1930 "UNITED- I STATES PATENT OFFICE JEAN LELATIRE S CUY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNoBTO UNIVERSAL OIL PROD- UCTS COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or S UT DAKOTA rnocnss Ann rraRA'rUs FOR DISTILLING LIQUID-S Application filed June 28,

This invention relates to improvements in process and apparatus for distilling liquids,

and refers more particularly to distilling the liquids by the application ofrefiected and radiated heat to a relatively thin film of liquid suitably supported in the heating chamber.

Referring to the drawings, ldesignates a heating chamber, in the upper portion of which is mounted a trough 2, which maybe made of carborundum, brick or the like. The

inlet side is connected to the pipe 3 which 'may be made, of similar material, and its outlet sideconnects with the pipe 4 leading to d any suitable source, as for example, the discharge pipe 5 from which it is discharged. The trough is open at thetop as shown at 6 in Fig. 2, and the molten metal used, may be like; Below the trough is mounted an infor instance, molten lead, molten glass, or the clined plate 7 consisting of a fiat bottom portion 8 and side walls 9, the arrangement being such as toform a shallow wide channel. The.

plate is mounted on standards 10 carrying jacks 11 whereby the slope of the plate may be variedas desired. The oil to be treated is fed tothe upper end of the plate through the 5 transversely extending perforated nozzle 12 connected to-feed pipe 13 leading to any suit able source of supply. The lower end of the plate delivers the residue into the transversely extending wide funnel 14, to which is connected the residue drawofi 15 leading to any suitable storage, or elsewhere' Thevvapors pass out of the heating chamber through the vapor collector dome 16, vapor outlet pipe i 17 the latter leading either to a condenser,

or to some collecting place for the vapors,

1926. Serial No. 118,981.

whichmay be further treated before being condensed. r

In carrying out the invention, for example, in the cracking ofpetroleum oil, fuel oil may be fed in arelatively thin film over the inclined plate and will be distilled by the radiated or deflected heat from the hot molten mass in the trough. The oil may be heated to a temperature of 900 F. or more, and the inclination of the plate will be so regulated as to keep the oil within the furnace the necessary time as to insure the necessary vaporization. It is to be understood, that while I have illustrated the invention as applied to cracking petroleum oil, the necessarily limited thereto. 1

Many of the petroleum oils which are cracked, contain objectionable sulphur compounds 'which remain in the vapors after cracking, as well as in the residue. By caus ing the vapors to pass over the molten bath, as for example, a lead bath, reactions may occur which may cause the sulphur to be separated from the oil vapors in the form Of lead sulphide'. In its broader aspects, it may be desirable to use such a molten bath, as will process is not tend to cause other chemical reactions. The

molten bath in such apparatus notonly tends to cause a specific chemical reaction, but alsov to heat the oil for distillation.

I claim asmy invention:

1. A process of distilling hydrocarbon oil,

consisting in passing the liquid to be distilled in a relatively wide shallow stream over an inclined plate and simultaneously heating the upper surface of such film by heat radiated from ahot molten bath.

2. In an apparatus for treating hydrocarbon oil, the combination with a heating chamber, of a troughfor receiving hot moltenliquid, extending therethrough, and an inclined plate having side Walls mounted below, the trough, and means for varying the degree of slope ofsuch plate, means for feeding the oil to'the upper end of said inclined plate,

means for drawing oif the vapors, and means v for removing the residue.

3. A process of distilling hydrocarbon oils,

consisting in passing the liquid in one end of a chamber and permitting it to gravitate in a relatively wide shallow stream towards I the other end of the chamber, and simultaneously heating the upper surface of said film by heat radiated by passing a stream of molten, normally solid material in the other end of said chamber and permitting it to gravitate toward the first end thereof.

4. A process of distilling and desulphurizing hydrocarbon oils which comprises flowing the oil in a relatively thin film through a distillation zone, simultaneously heating the upper surface of the film by heat radiated from a hot molten. metal, and permitting evolved vapors to contact with said molten metal. I

5. A process of distilling hydrocarbon oils which comprises flowing the oil by gravity in a relatively thin film through a distillation ,zone and simultaneously applying a distillation heat solely to the upper surface of said film by heat radiated from a hot molten bath.

JEAN DELATTRE-SEGUY. 

